Birthday Shadowbox

Recently I find myself being intrigued with shadowbox style cards, especially after seeing so many cute ones at the Lori Whitlock Shop. After viewing some of the instructional videos posted by Lori, I decided to give one a try for my niece's birthday.

All the design elements used for her card including the balloons, cake and Shiba inu puppy are cutting files which were created in Make the Cut design program from images found on the web. For the balloons, I used tinted polka dot digital paper I purchased on Etsy from The DigiRainbow shop.

For my shadowbox, I used two inner panels, with cut out frames. The front panel of the card has the largest cut out, with the next inner panel having a cut out frame about 1/4 inch smaller, and the last inner panel having a cut out another 1/4 inch smaller..

I followed the instructions on Lori's video for a Shadowbox with Hidden Binding to create tabs that run inside the box onto which the inner panels are adhered. I used Georgia Pacific 110 lb cardstock to make my binding, which resulted in a very sturdy shadowbox, but next time I will probably try to use a thinner cardstock because my card did not easily fold flat due to the extra thickness.

Birthday wishes for my sweet niece were added to the back of the card. Had fun playing and experimenting with this shadowbox style card. Still need a bit more practice with this, and hope to learn to do this well soon.